Guests this week, Helen joining group 1.
Parkrun results from the weekend.
Great Notley parkrun
Rob Hankey, I was guide runner for Chris who has Parkinson’s.
Michelle Edwards, Parkwalker
Maldon
Sue Long, “Elevation 131ft
A very enjoyable, bimble round with Paul Gregory as we were both warming up for the Saltmarsh the next day. It was great to catch up. We helped a guy called Phil get a PB. It was nice to be able to help 🙂”
Julia Bawden, “Chairman’s Challenge Total Ascent : 7900 ft OK, April Fools 😉, 79ft 😏!!”
Stacy Hember, At chatty walk with Julia and no water!
Marks Hall.
Morven Hurding, 00:25:50
South Woodham parkrun
Alex Hadley, “Sooooo much mud!! Thank god I took my trails! Came 2nd in my age cat, although to be fair there were only 48 park runners!!” 00:32:06
Harleston Magpies parkrun
Simon Gill, 00:23:08
Kent Challenge 50
Andrew Goodson, I battled wind, rain, toilet issues, having to run across bogs in road shoes, falling over and quite a couple of weeks with William in intensive care with respiratory failure. During the race William was discharged from Great Ormond Street and I spread cheer to all on the course. All in all, a lovely day out! Coming in under is goal of 10hr in 9:38:17.
London land marks half.
Lee Kerrison, Chairman’s elevation challenge 492ft, and a club std in 01:42:30.
Rob Hankey, An enjoyable and rare chance to run the streets of London with my better half, Michelle. Route wasn’t the most interesting and it wasn’t cheap to enter, but the medal, t-shirt and goody bag were decent.
Michelle Edwards, Lovely run around London with Rob , lovely medal , T-shirt and goody bag , just when I thought I had the elevation for this one who popped up but Lee kerrison 😂 200 ft elevation and 36ft elevation for parkrun
Both finishing, 01:57:29
Saltmarsh Half Marathon
Alan Hurding, In his 1st half marathon. 3rd in my age group and 48th over all. Very wind and muddy. Thanks Sharon for the buff. 02:16:59
Nicole Rayner, VERY MUDDY! 02:45:00
Julia Bawden, Another muddy event! Somehow managed to achieve 266 ft ascent for the Chairman’s Challenge even though it’s flat 🤷🏼♀️ (that’s not an April’s Fools joke either!) 03:18:36
Alison Peace, 03:18:37
Sharon Hardwicke, 03:18:38
Sue long, “Elevation 485ft, First time I have done this event. I really liked it. Hard on your legs though as quite narrow, muddy and slippery in places. Added bonus it didn’t rain and the sun even came out at times.” 03:25:29
Anita Leaver, I think technically that it was a DNF as I broke my leg at mile 13 by slipping in the mud and falling down the embankment. Stuart Peace and Al Beard carried me over the finish line. I cannot thank them enough!
We all wish her a speedy recovery.
Thetford forest high lodge half marathon.
Lots of Trail pb’s from this lovely bunch.
Kimberley Hall, Loved loved this! PB of 6 minutes!! So happy! Loved running with TRR again!
Ben Hall, Lovely sunny day – pretty forest run – great support from the 9 TRRs 02:32:32
Jayne Vernon, “I can’t believe I’m going to say this but thanks to Craig for pulling me round .
Jeffed all the way and smashed a good time for me 😍👏”02:35:44
Craig Vernon, “After a big trip in the woods. I helped Jayne with her jeffing plan and got to the end 👍🥰” 02:35:46
Clare Howard, “Think pb as first trail half, It was so tough harder than Grizzly, but thanks to Alex for keeping me company and spurring each other on. It was brutal” 02:39:23
Alex Hadley, Bloody hard…wrong shoes…but Clare pushed me round and obviously lots of TRR love, which makes it worthwhile. 02:39:45
David Watson, 02:50:35
Sask Aboriginal Track&Field Championships
Alex Senko, wearing the red vest “Guys, it was my first race on a track and I finished the last one🫣 And again, no excuses, but I didn’t do any running for the last 5 days, because of an injury (sprained quad).
Sorry, that represented TRR not from the best side😭” 00:19:35
Brighton Marathon.
Kelly Rogers, 1st Marathon supported Sam Chung, Vicky Knight and Danielle Harrington, all finished together in 4hr 46 min.
Chairmen challenge, 1 x runners from each training group.
Boys Team, (G3) Mark, (G2.5) Lee, (G2) Chris H and (G1)Len.
Girls Team, (G1) Sue, (G3) Morven, (G2.5) Michelle and(G2) Julia.
Boys currently leading 3-1.
Ladies have taken a lead 1st week of April.
Training this Thursday,
6.45 for 7.00 start, from the sports hall, Oak rd Tempo 3,4,5 miles.
Upcoming events.
Easter weekend trail events, Fri/Sat/Sun available. Monday event is Fully booked.
Maldon 5k
Need volunteers please, 1st race is Thursday 20th April.
Runner of the month for March.
Ladies: –
This lady has shown amazing progression with her running over recent months. Last month, her commitment to her marathon training is clearly paying off. She smashed a pb at half marathon time, knocking 4mins off to achieve a sub 2hr time and a silver standard. She also achieved another silver by smashing a sub 24min parkrun pb, too.
A great advocate to the “TRR giving back,” a great Gp2 RLS, always supportive and encouraging. Outside of the club, her giving back continues with her dedication and commitment in delivering us all a parkrun as RD at Markshall.
Katy Denny
This gentleman has put a lot of time and effort into training for the Grizzly this year. He completed a number of very specific sessions to be able to achieve his sub 4 hour Grizzly time. He was also brave enough to have it out there to act as an inspiration to others, plus he went out strongly on the day to achieve his goal. He has helped out regularly this month as Run Leader Support, has supported two other members of the Chairman’s challenge, he ran a great Colchester 15 time in difficult conditions and supports the club by producing the results for the chairman each week and feeds these into the club league tables. Quiet and unassuming, but epitomises everything that makes this club so special.
Stuart Peace.